"The Matou family has been attacked. The identity of the attacker is temporarily uncertain, but there is a high probability... it's rogue magi like us."
A handso man with light blue short hair sat in the Tohsaka family mansion, pressed his left hand to his ear, and spoke like this.
Directly opposite him, Tohsaka Rin, wearing black thigh-high stockings, sat on the main sofa, holding a cup of black tea in her hands. Behind her, a tall man in a red and black outfit had short white hair, currently just scrutinizing this group of so-called rogue magi allied with the Tohsaka family from the corner of his eye.
The origin of this group was mysterious, but each of them mastered so very unique magecraft and possessed quite formidable strength. Moreover, they stated bluntly that it wasn't just them; another group of magi with the sa origin as them had joined other factions.
This led the understaffed Tohsaka Rin to ultimately accept cooperation with this group, although both sides still maintained so guard against each other.
The blue-haired man, codenad [Ice Ghost · Juro], was a Title Level Reincarnator. He wore a very small and concealed special earpiece in his ear to receive signals from his companions.
Because they noticed that soone had set up so kind of perception-interfering barrier in Fuyuki City, [Rodney] in their team had released a large number of bionic robots and hidden micro-caras in the city.
These "primitive" technological ans, which the team previously looked down upon, beca quite useful at this ti.
Right now, they intercepted the explosion at the Matou mansion and simultaneously eavesdropped on the police communications, obtaining so extra data.
"It's not magecraft. Soone bombed the Matou family with so kind of high-tech weapon."
Juro candidly shared the intelligence with Tohsaka Rin.
Tohsaka Rin put down her black tea, frowned, and subconsciously was about to stand up. But Archer · Emiya behind her pressed on her shoulder. Sure enough, she saw that Juro continued speaking.
"Heh, Miss Tohsaka doesn't need to worry. That [Cannibal Flower] is a magus quite adept at defense and concealnt. You don't need to worry about Miss Matou Sakura's safety for now. But you should pay more attention to another piece of news."
Speaking of this, Juro's expression was absolutely not pretty, his face darkening.
"A very dangerous guy has entered this Holy Grail War!"
Heroic Spirit Emiya turned around, looking seriously at this blue-haired "magus" whose strength wasn't weak.
"Dangerous guy?"
Juro nodded.
"A dangerous existence we call [rcenary Tao]. He is proficient in various martial arts and killing techniques, with a cruel ntality. The people who died by his hands are innurable. He is a completely uncommunicable and unimaginably terrifying guy."
As he spoke, he looked up at Heroic Spirit Emiya and continued:
"To be honest, even for you Servants, he can probably fight you head-on!"
Juro had never fought rcenary Tao head-on, but he had always been cautious, estimating based on the most terrifying rumors in the Space.
Killing various Title Level Reincarnators head-on, making top-tier Title Level Reincarnators like Sage and Tang Sanzang fall...
He felt there was a high probability that rcenary Tao possessed the strength to match many Servants head-on. Even if he couldn't rival the level of Gilgash, against a combat style like Heroic Spirit Emiya's, which utilized projection magecraft and close-quarters combat, Juro felt he might really not necessarily be rcenary Tao's match.
Heroic Spirit Emiya showed no reaction to this evaluation. Juro then turned to Tohsaka Rin, stating his true intention.
"Miss Tohsaka, I think under the current circumstances, it's better for us to ally with the Emiya family. Emiya Shirou's projection magecraft can let you..."
Heroic Spirit Emiya frowned. He had never revealed his identity, but this Juro obviously noticed it. He could feel that when Juro said this, he had been observing his reaction.
Sure enough, Juro continued to persuade.
"Archer, even if you want to kill that guy, please wait until after we defeat the others, alright?"
This sentence from Juro made Tohsaka Rin frown and look at her Servant. Just as she was about to ask, she heard a bang.
The main door was roughly opened by soone.
A guy covered in black-gray heavy armor walked in with thud thud thud sounds. Tohsaka Rin looked at the expensive floor being stepped on until a large number of cracks appeared, her heart aching endlessly.
"Juro, this is bad, that guy is coming!"
The voice of the Reincarnator codenad [Wufeng (Edgeless)] was sowhat startled and uncertain, the battle aura on his body very unstable.
"Who is it?"
Juro subconsciously asked back, but imdiately realized who the newcor was talking about.
"rcenary Tao has appeared?! Where?"
Tap, tap.
The sound of lightly knocking on the main door rang out. Juro instinctively turned his head, already seeing that signature pink robe. The other party's long black hair was dancing with the draft appearing as the main door opened.
Hearing the sound, Tohsaka Rin turned her head. In the next mont, Red A (Heroic Spirit Emiya) already had an arm blocking in front of her.
The robustly built white-haired Heroic Spirit looked with a serious expression at the man whose figure was even more robust and well-proportioned than his own, and who, rely standing at the door, was like the eye of a storm constantly radiating an intense threat to the surroundings.
Buzz!
Two swords had already appeared in his hands.
In front of Juro, a blue magic circle also appeared, and intense freezing air began to radiate.
"rcenary Tao, are you going to start a war with us, right now?!"
Juro didn't understand how exactly rcenary Tao evaded the nurous surveillances. He clearly appeared near the Matou family not long ago, yet at this mont had already arrived at the Tohsaka family mansion.
This elusive ability made him feel sowhat horrified.
One must know, the so-called Holy Grail War doesn't actually require you to truly defeat however many powerful Servants. For a guy like rcenary Tao, he could completely force the Holy Grail War to an end by killing those weak Magus Masters.
While hinting for Wufeng to notify the others to return and assemble, he also stood behind Heroic Spirit Emiya.
He had a Mage strengthening from [Fairy Tail]. Although his physical arts weren't considered weak, he was also unwilling to engage in close-quarters combat with a martial artist like rcenary Tao.
At the sa ti, he used his ntal power to start sending a telepathic ssage to Tohsaka Rin.
"Miss Tohsaka, whatever magic items your family still has, quickly bring them out. This guy... is very terrifying."
Without him needing to say it, Tohsaka Rin at this ti also noticed the special feeling radiating from this guy called rcenary Tao.
That was an aura that made people feel afraid with just one look, just like the trembling feeling one gets when entering a zoo as a child and seeing lions and tigers.
As if an herbivore encountered a predator.
"Hey hey hey, don't all look at with those kinds of eyes. It's rare... I actually ca to seek cooperation with you."
Kaito Shirogane's voice carried a hint of teasing and ridicule, but no one relaxed.
"No collaborator would stand at soone else's door releasing such terrifying killing intent, right..."
Juro's heart stirred; he indeed thought of a possibility.
Kaito Shirogane pressed the killing intent seal on his ear. Because he saw an option in the Noble Phantasm Form choices that could let him perfectly control the killing intent fluctuation, he made so attempts.
The killing intent fluctuation instantly restrained itself.
He sauntered into the Tohsaka family mansion. This house was decorated quite classically.
"Alright, alright, stop talking with ntal power. Those tiny fluctuations look a bit noisy to ."
Kaito Shirogane waved his hand. Juro's expression was sowhat startled and uncertain. Can rcenary Tao perceive my "telepathy"? Or is he deliberately acting mysterious?
He realized that since rcenary Tao appeared, the dominant position he originally worked hard to strive for had been completely lost.
As soon as rcenary Tao appeared, it was as if this place had been brought under his control.
Heroic Spirit Emiya, however, frowned.
"You are... a Heroic Spirit?"
He was sowhat uncertain. The aura on this rcenary Tao's body was quite weird.
(End of Chapter)
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